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Sunday, January 13, 2013, 08:21 pm
Car slams into Chicago Apple Store during business hours [u]
The Lincoln Park Apple Store was the site of an apparent automobile accident on Sunday night when a car smashed through the outlet's all-glass facade and into a wall of accessories, leaving one person with minor injuries.
Aftermath of Lincoln Park Apple Store accident. | Source: The Verge
Update: A report from the Chicago Tribune notes paramedics were called back to the scene to take one injured person to a nearby hospital in "good condition."
There were no injuries in the Lincoln Park, Chicago, crash, reports The Verge, which ironically involved a Lincoln Town Car that hopped a curb and traveled some distance before breaking through the Apple Store's glass doors.
On-scene pictures from Twitter users reveal moderate damage to the Apple Store's interior, including a display table filled with MacBooks, accessory shelving and a flat-screen window display that was twisted 180 degrees from its original position after being clipped by the car.
Source: Chicago Tribune
There has been no official word regarding how the accident occurred, however it appears that the incident was unintentional unlike a recent Apple Store "smash and grab" burglary that took place in California last year. Apple has yet to release a statement regarding the accident, but we will update this article when one is issued.
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Well, obviously the solution to the problem is to ban all cars, and then nothing like this can ever happen again.
Bet that car was controlled with Ford Sync. Can computers commit hate crimes?
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Bet that car was controlled with Ford Sync. Can computers commit hate crimes?
That might be a possible explanation.
Another possible theory is that the driver picked up his phone to make a phone call, and the phone was one of those gigantic Android Phablets that are bigger than a person's face, thus completely obstructing the driver's view, causing the car to understandably veer out of control and crash into the Apple store.
Another likely theory is that it could have just been a drunk douchebag behind the wheel.
I cannot understand why Apple hasn't made the investment in outdoor waist-high pylons that would defeat these accidents (and previous robbery attempts).
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That might be a possible explanation.
Another possible theory is that the driver picked up his phone to make a phone call, and the phone was one of those gigantic Android Phablets that are bigger than a person's face, thus completely obstructing the driver's view, causing the car to understandably veer out of control and crash into the Apple store.
Another likely theory is that it could have just been a drunk douchebag behind the wheel.
Or it was too awkward to hold so it feel out of his with the weight of the device pressing down on the gas pedal.
[" url="/t/155444/cars-slams-into-chicago-apple-store-during-business-hours-u#post_2258271"]Well, obviously the solution to the problem is to ban all cars, and then nothing like this can ever happen again.
Great. So now we'll have to deal with this all the time:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/01/05/horse-buggy-accident-reported-in-burbank/
I cannot understand why Apple hasn't made the investment in outdoor waist-high pylons that would defeat these accidents (and previous robbery attempts).
Appearance?
Apple is in a great position to invent force fields.
Apple is in a great position to invent force fields.
Or RubberGlass*. Smack into it, it springs you back the other way. Good for slingshotting.
*Do not throw a superball at RubberGlass. We think it reverses entropy.
Damn Android extremist have gone too far! They are now sending in Android suicide bombers to Apple stores? Luckily the bomb was also programmed using a custom Android ROM and it crashed.
Apparently these Android SB's are offered regular OS updates and 70 new custom keyboards in the afterlife. The joke will be on them though when they are stuck on jelly bean for eternity.
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Bet that car was controlled with Ford Sync. Can computers commit hate crimes?